# Songs that make you play air bass **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [November 8, 2007, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-play-air-bass/425611 "2007-11-08T00:52:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2007, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-play-air-bass/425611/41 "2007-11-08T16:49:28Z")
**Duran Duran** [_Rio_](http://youtube.com/watch?v=q7VjrW5zgqQ) [_Reflex_](http://youtube.com/watch?v=XVeR__R5jBM) [_Union of the Snake_](http://youtube.com/watch?v=yUqxji92Wnk) [_Last Chance on the Stairway_](http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZDbIop1H-vk) …and others **Blondie** - [_Atomic_](http://youtube.com/watch?v=qW6OrdLkCLU) ---
**Author:** ![DfrntBreign](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@DfrntBreign](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DfrntBreign)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2007, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-play-air-bass/425611/42 "2007-11-08T17:15:19Z")
[Thorazine Shuffle](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-NP-LdLu3g) by **Gov’t Mule.** ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2007, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-play-air-bass/425611/43 "2007-11-08T17:16:06Z")
Anesthesia (Pulling Teeth) by Cliff Burton of Metallica. It’s the rockingist bass solo of all time. ---
**Author:** ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2007, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-play-air-bass/425611/44 "2007-11-08T17:18:53Z")
Ok, confession time. I air play the bass on Bela Lugosi is Dead from Bauhaus (all 3 notes of it), but only because it is the only piece I can actually play for real. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2007, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-play-air-bass/425611/45 "2007-11-08T17:20:34Z")
Oh yeah, everything Primus ever wrote too. ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2007, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-play-air-bass/425611/46 "2007-11-08T17:42:52Z")
Flea IS the man which is why I cam here to add Higher Ground by Red Hot Chilli Peppers (I know it’s a Stevie Wonder cover, but still) ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2007, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-play-air-bass/425611/47 "2007-11-08T17:51:36Z")
[ul] [li]“Hello It’s Me”- Todd Rundgren[/li][li]“Tom Sawyer” and “Limelight” - Rush[/li][li]“One of these Days” - Pink Floyd[/li][li]“Spirits in the Material World”- The Police[/li][li]“Mudshovel”- Staind[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2007, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-play-air-bass/425611/48 "2007-11-08T19:51:36Z")
Tommy Bolin - **Post Toastee** ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2007, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-play-air-bass/425611/49 "2007-11-08T20:37:02Z")
Whipping Post, Hot 'Lanta and Les Brers in A Minor - Allman Brothers Band I Might Be Wrong and 15 Step - Radiohead Don’t Step on the Grass, Sam - Steppenwolf A bunch of older blues songs, including Born Under a Bad Sign and Oh, Pretty Woman. ---
**Author:** ![SaharaTea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SaharaTea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaharaTea)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2007, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-play-air-bass/425611/50 "2007-11-08T20:59:36Z")
“Once In a Lifetime” - **Talking Heads** “The Bed’s Too Big Without You” - **The Police** ---
**Author:** ![Smith8762](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Smith8762](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smith8762)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2007, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-play-air-bass/425611/51 "2007-11-09T20:26:17Z")
**Primus** - [Tommy the Cat](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6859UlzP7Y)…better live though ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2007, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-play-air-bass/425611/52 "2007-11-09T21:54:32Z")
**The Beatles** - The Ballad of John and Yoko **Golden Earring** Radar Love, Twilight Zone **The Offspring** The first 45 seconds or so of _Bad Habit_, from the beginning until the drums kick in. **The Motels** [DEL]Peter Gunn[/DEL] Mission of Mercy ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2007, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-play-air-bass/425611/53 "2007-11-10T04:08:49Z")
When I first saw this thread, I thought “what an odd concept.” Later, I found myself playing air bass to **Tomorrow Never Knows** , by the Beatles. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2007, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-play-air-bass/425611/54 "2007-11-10T04:31:28Z")
[QUOTE=Spit] I have never played air bass. I shall change this sad state of ways immediately. [/QUOTE] Taking up the air bass is not something to be entered into lightly. It requires years of practice and dedication. Unfortunately, even an accomplished air bassist will be relegated to relative obscurity as the air guitarists get all the air groupies. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2007, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-play-air-bass/425611/55 "2007-11-10T18:10:49Z")
[QUOTE=robardin] Many songs by **The Doors** , such as _Riders On The Storm_. [/QUOTE] 😕😃 For me, its Rush. _Limelight_ is a good one. And as mentioned, _Jump into the Fire._ ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2007, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-play-air-bass/425611/56 "2007-11-11T17:37:12Z")
[QUOTE=KRM] Taking up the air bass is not something to be entered into lightly. It requires years of practice and dedication. Unfortunately, even an accomplished air bassist will be relegated to relative obscurity as the air guitarists get all the air groupies. [/QUOTE] And the air bassist always has to stand right next to the air drummer. ---
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2007, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-play-air-bass/425611/57 "2007-11-12T02:08:13Z")
“Drive my Car”-The Beatles ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2007, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-play-air-bass/425611/58 "2007-11-12T03:10:02Z")
“Perfect Kiss” by New Order ---
**Author:** ![ambushed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3bc359/32.png) [@ambushed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ambushed)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2007, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-play-air-bass/425611/59 "2007-11-12T04:46:20Z")
It’s an acoustic bass, but my vote goes to [Eberhard Weber’s](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eberhard_Weber) _T on a White Horse_ Beautiful! ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2007, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-play-air-bass/425611/60 "2007-11-12T10:29:47Z")
[QUOTE=Cluricaun] Oh yeah, everything Primus ever wrote too. [/QUOTE] I’m always surprised that it takes so long for someone to mention Primus in these kinds of threads. Les Claypool is to bass as Jimi Hendrix is to guitar. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-play-air-bass/425611.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-play-air-bass/425611.md?page=4)